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<font face="Verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><p align="center"><b><font size="4">StartVectorDrawing()</font></b></p>
<p><b>Syntax</b></p><blockquote>
Result = <font color="#3A3966"><b>StartVectorDrawing</b></font>(Output)</blockquote>

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<b>Description</b><br><blockquote>

Prepares the vector drawing library to draw to the specified output. 

</blockquote><p><b>Parameters</b></p><blockquote>
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<tr><td width="10%"><i>Output</i></td>
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The output to draw on. These functions can be used to get an output for vector drawing: 
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<a href="../window/windowvectoroutput.html">WindowVectorOutput()</a>: Drawing will be rendered directly on the Window 
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<a href="../image/imagevectoroutput.html">ImageVectorOutput()</a>: Drawing will be rendered directly on the Image data (see <a href="../image/createimage.html">CreateImage()</a>) 
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<a href="../printer/printervectoroutput.html">PrinterVectorOutput()</a>: Drawing will be rendered directly on the Printer 
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<a href="../gadget/canvasvectoroutput.html">CanvasVectorOutput()</a>: Drawing will be rendered directly on the <a href="../gadget/canvasgadget.html">CanvasGadget()</a> 
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<a href="pdfvectoroutput.html">PdfVectorOutput()</a>: Drawing will be rendered to a PDF file (Linux and OSX only) 
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<a href="svgvectoroutput.html">SvgVectorOutput()</a>: Drawing will be rendered to an SVG file (Linux only) 

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</blockquote><p><b>Return value</b></p><blockquote>

Returns nonzero if drawing is possible or zero if the operation failed. 

</blockquote><p><b>Remarks</b></p><blockquote>

Drawing must be finished with <a href="stopvectordrawing.html">StopVectorDrawing()</a>. 
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If &quot;Create thread-safe executable&quot; is enabled in the <a href="../reference/ide_compiler.html">compiler options</a> then 
every thread has its own current drawing output, which means two threads can do drawing on separate 
outputs at the same time. 

</blockquote><p><b>See Also</b></p><blockquote>

<a href="stopvectordrawing.html">StopVectorDrawing()</a> 

</Blockquote><p><b>Supported OS </b><Blockquote>All</Blockquote></p><center><- <a href=skewcoordinates.html>SkewCoordinates()</a> - <a href="index.html">VectorDrawing Index</a> - <a href="stopvectordrawing.html">StopVectorDrawing()</a> -><br><br>

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